The practical guide to the knowledge of the various manipulative processes used in the art of house decoration. Including numerous decorative processes, and simple and easy methods of preparing working drawings, &c. Stencils & stencilling, various processes connected therewith; tools and materials used. Colour : its laws and proportions, and application to domestic architecture. Example: an ordinary dining room - how to colour ceiling, cornice, centre, walls &c, &c. Enamelling and polishing, the best method of doing it; tools and material required - how to use them. Complete practical instructions how to imitate 27 different woods & 35 different marbles, with a description of the characteristic features of each wood and marble, tools, crayons, colours, brushes, &c required, and the best and newest systems of working. Imitation inlaying of woods & marbles - how to do it. Also full instructions for practising the art of sign writing and gilding, writing, gilding, and embossing on glass. / by William Sutherland

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Sutherland, William., b. 1820.